NBA's best of the week: Miami at Boston

Top two teams in the East meet Sunday.

In good news for the Lakers, sort of, the Celtics may have been looking past them, to a big game.

Since falling in Boston in the opener, the Heat has been written off at 9-8 with LeBron James reportedly trying to dump Coach Erik Spoelstra ... hailed in a 21-1 run... forgotten in a 1-4 swoon amid injuries to James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh ... and is once more being hailed on an eight-game winning streak.

Miami is supposedly overmatched by the Celtics' size, even with Shaquille O'Neal out.